The Osborne Bodega, in El Puerto de Santa María, is celebrating. On the 31st of this month, they will inaugurate their new exhibition space – the “Toro Gallery.” A group from the tourism sector visited the gallery a few days ago and we were pleasantly surprised. Iván Llanza, Communications Director for the Osborne Bodega, explained everything about this incredible project. He welcomed us and then we listened to a few words from the City of El Puerto Councilman for Tourism, Ángel Quintana Fernández.

The exhibition hall is truly impressive. The Toro Gallery is an open space with a classic bodega, cathedral-type ceiling. The exhibition starts with some photos and documents relating to the story of the founding family of the winery. Then you take a trip back in time to when the first Osborne Bull billboard was erected. Traveling through the subsequent 60-year period, via those photos and documents, you reach the present day.

Among the many works on display at the gallery there are photographs taken by Annie Leibovitz, artwork by Keith Haring, an animated comercial by Salvador Dalí, a Gibson guitar made out of wood utilized to age sherry wine, and a replica of the entry structure for the El Puerto fairground.

We highly recommend a visit to this newly-created space which is in perfect contrast to the marvelously-old bodega, containing aged wines, which is right by its side. It is a perfect visit – a bodega and a gallery.

After our visit, we either had a glass of sherry wine or a flavorful Southern Mojito: (You take a cocktail glass with ice, add a teaspoon of either white or brown sugar, a slice of squeezed lemon, and a tablespoon of angostura bitters. Add two mint leaves crushed by hand, and fill half of the glass with Fino Quinta, fill the rest of the glass with Ginger Ale, and, then stir). We accompanied our cocktail and wine with Cinco Jotas Iberian ham, which was exquisite.